NFS warning entries displayed in vmkernel logs for NFS version 4.1 and ESXi 6.7

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on  warnings displayed in  ESXi 6.7.

Symptoms:
After mounting and configuring NFS version 4.1 on  ESXi 6.7.0 U1, vmkernel logs displays several warnings like,

2018-11-09T11:50:20.482Z cpu1:2099427 opID=86219f25)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1641: Server FILES_FREE 27106518880 exceeds ESX limit
2018-11-09T11:50:20.482Z cpu1:2099427 opID=86219f25)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1654: Server FILES_TOTAL 27106518903 exceeds ESX limit
2018-11-09T11:50:20.485Z cpu1:2099427 opID=86219f25)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1641: Server FILES_FREE 27106518880 exceeds ESX limit
2018-11-09T11:50:20.485Z cpu1:2099427 opID=86219f25)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1654: Server FILES_TOTAL 27106518903 exceeds ESX limit
2019-01-03T12:12:40.938Z cpu4:2099340 opID=7ade7ddf)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1654: Server FILES_TOTAL 27106482564 exceeds ESX limit
2019-01-03T12:12:40.938Z cpu4:2099340 opID=7ade7ddf)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1641: Server FILES_FREE 27106482536 exceeds ESX limit
2019-01-03T12:12:40.938Z cpu4:2099340 opID=7ade7ddf)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1654: Server FILES_TOTAL 27106482564 exceeds ESX limit
2019-01-03T12:12:40.939Z cpu4:2099340 opID=7ade7ddf)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_NFSAttrToVolatileFSAttrs:1641: Server FILES_FREE 27106482536 exceeds ESX limit

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7

Resolution

The above warning message does not affect the functionality of ESXi 6.7 .This message can be safely ignored.

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:
No risks only informational warnings.